We started with a trip out to Giza to see the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx. Seeing the Pyramids up close is like seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time. You are awestruck and the photos you take can not do the experience justice. Then throw in the fact that they are over 4000 years old and man-made, and well…. You get the point.
We didn’t go into the tombs, but we did get several vantage points of the complete complex (ok… how many of you knew there were more than three pyramids here?? Anyone?? Anyone?? Bueller?).
The Great Sphinx was next. Again… everyone has seen pictures of it, but one cannot really describe the feeling of actually standing next to it. 
Part of our tour included a camel ride. At first neither of us was going to do it, then I was and Amy was just going to take pictures. Amy was talked into standing next to me and having our Egyptian handler take the pictures. Then she was talked into sitting on the camel with me… “just for a picture”. Raise your hand if you know what happens next. As soon as she sat on… UP with the camel and away we went. Honestly…these might be the best pictures taken of our whole trip.
That afternoon we visited the ancient city of Memphis (sorry no Elvis sightings) with its large fallen statue of Ramses II and Alabaster Sphinx.
We then travelled west into the desert to visit the necropolis of Saqqara. Located here is the oldest stone structure in the world, the Step Pyramid of Djoser dating back to 2600 B.C. While Amy chose not to, I ventured down a 40” x 40” shaft into a tomb of another smaller pyramid.
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